Patient safety regulation in the NHS: mapping the regulatory landscape of healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The current research project sought to map out the regulatory landscape for patient safety in the English National Health Service (NHS).

Method

We used a systematic desk-based search using a variety of sources to identify the total number of organisations with regulatory influence in the NHS; we researched publicly available documents listing external inspection agencies, participated in advisory consultations with NHS regulatory compliance teams and reviewed the websites of all regulatory agencies.

Results

Our mapping revealed over 126 organisations who exert some regulatory influence on NHS provider organisations in addition to 211 Clinical Commissioning Groups. The majority of these organisations set standards and collect data from provider organisations

SUBMITTER: Oikonomou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615819 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature